Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 46356, Moses Easton, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Easton, Moses.
S 46356 B.L. 156-100
CONTENTS

Pay.
100.00
Name: Moses Easton. Rank: Pri Comp'y: Holme Reg't: A. J. Line
} Agency.
RATE PER MONTH, AND DATE OF COMMENCEMENT.
1st issue. } Comm'g 2d issue. } Comm'g 3d issue. } Comm'g
DATE OF CERTIFICATE, AND TO WHOM SENT.
1st issue. } Sent to 2d issue. } Sent to 3d issue. } Sent to
Allowed.  Act 1828.
Act 14th July 1862 Bl. G. Vol., Page Registering Clerk:
Disability. } ✓

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Power of Attorney & Discharge Moses Easton
New Jersey line
at the M c V. Harris plantation of Congress. 21. March 1804.
Lodged by Mr Farring

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1892
Hon. Richard Root Secy. U.S. Treasury Dept. Washington City
6301

The State of Ohio Warren County ss. Jonathan H. Miles clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Warren aforesaid do hereby certify that the within named Geo. Nesling is an Associate Judge of the said Court for the County aforesaid, duly appointed Commissioned and Authorized and that full faith and credit are and of right ought to be given to all acts by him done in that capa- city as well in Courts of Justice as thereout
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed the Seal of the Court aforesaid at Lebanon this 18 th day of September A. D. 1828
J. H. Miles Clerk

For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act entitled An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the Revolution; Approved on the 15 th of May 1828. I Moses Easton of North Creek Township in the County of Warren in the State of Ohio, do hereby declare that I enlisted in the continental Line of the Army of the Revolution for & during the war, and continued in service until its termination at which time I was a private in Captain John Holmes Company in the first Regt of the New Jersey Line, And I also declare that I afterwards received Certificates for the reward of Eighty Dollars to which I was entitled, under a resolution passed the 15 th of May 1778. —
And I further declare that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May 1828, on the pension list of the United States. —
Witness my hand this 18 th day of September in the year 1828.
Moses Easton
Before me George Nesling an official Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Warren, in the State of Ohio. Personally appeared this day Nathan Sharpe and Nathan Schenker of said County, who did severally make oath, that Moses Easton by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand this 18 th day of September in the year 1828.
Nathan Sharpe
Nathan Schenker
Sworn to & subscribed before me this 18 th day of September A.D. 1828.
G. Nesling J.P.
The above Nathan Sharpe & Nathan Schenker are reputable persons G. Nesling J.P.

Libanon 19 th Sept 1825 Sir,
Inferred is the claim of the =101 Boston to pay under the act of Congress of the 15 th May 1825, you will please examine the same & advise me of the result & soon as convenient
Very Respectfully - yours Obtd. etc.
G. H. King
Hon. P. Root Secy. of the U.S. Treasury
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I know all men by these presents that I Moses Easton Late a Soldier in the first Regiment in the Jersey line and now of the County of Hamilton and Territory of the United States northwest of the River Ohio do make constitute and appoint John Armstrong Esq. of the County and Territory aforesaid my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name to ask demand and receive of the Secretary of War or such other person or persons as shall be appointed either by Congress or by the State Legislature in which I served to issue Warrants for Bared and all other emoluments due me as a Soldier and in my name and for my use to receive all such Warrants or donations, and receipts to give in my name hereby ratifying and confirming what ever my said Attorney may or shall do touching the premises, and his receipt or receipts shall be a suffi- cient voucher in witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal Seventh day of September 1799 Sealed and delivered Moses Easton in presence of
John Armstrong Samuel Armstrong
Hamilton County ss. Personally appeared before me John Armstrong Esq. one of the justices of the Court of common pleas for said county
The above named Moses Easton who acknowledged the above instrument to be his act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned in witness whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this 7 th day of Septem- ber 1799
John Armstrong

Hamilton County ss }
Personally appeared before me John Brumley Esq. one of the justices of the court of common pleas for said county Price Thom- pson late a soldier in the first jersey Regt and now of the county aforesaid who being duly sworn deponeth that he served in the same Regt & company with Moses Easton the bearer of the Within Power of Attorney, and he the said Moses being present is the same person described in his discharge encompassing this Power and further this deponent saith that I was & subscribed before me this 7 th day of September 1799
John Brumley Price Thompson
I do hereby certify that John Brumley Esq. above mentioned is a justice of the court of common pleas for the county of Hamilton January 27 1800
William Henry Harrison Tall Secretary to the Territory of the United States North west of the Ohio -
Power of Attorney Moses Easton

BY HIS EXCELLENCY GEORGE WASHINGTON, Esq; General and Commander in Chief of the Forces of the United States of America.
THESE are to CERTIFY that the Bearer hereof James Easton Private in the New Jersey Regiment, having faithful- ly served the United States one year and being inlisted for the War only, is hereby DISCHARGED from the American Army.
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GIVEN at HEAD-QUARTERS the fifth day June 1783
George Washington
By HIS EXCELLENCY'S Command,
John Laurens
REGISTERED in the Books of the Regiment,
John Miller
Adjutant
Richd. Cox Major Comd
THE Bearer has been honored with the BADGE of MERIT Years faithful Service.

No. 1. Annuity for [illegible] 35
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
Allowed act [illegible]
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
30. Sept 1828.
Moses Easton of Turtle Creek , township in the County of Warren in the State of Ohio . has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Private — in captain Holmes — 's company, in the first regiment of the New Jersey line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, Nothing. —
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By Order of the Secretary. W. L. Dickinson.
No record L 1828
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
4. October 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Moses Easton — in the New Jersey line . It further appears that Moses Easton — is now on the pension list of the — agency, and has been so since the 3. March 1826. at the rate of  dollars per month.
J. Morrison Chief Clerk
Pension